entertainment mental health longevity
increased muscle mass cardiovascular
endurance those are the main benefits
that the perfect exercise should give
you we will go over each of the benefits
and why i spent more than 20 years
thinking butterfly wasn't for me
longevity of all the inventions and
strategies for slowing down the aging
process the only one with sufficient
evidence is exercise exercises that have
a double benefit for longevity are those
that strengthen the core and the knees
but why the core in the knees because
they are the ones that keep you
independent when you reach an advanced
age for example no one is helping this
100 year old lady get from her chair
butterfly swimming works on the most
important muscles of your core it also
strengthens the tendons muscles and
ligaments that surround the knee
the movement in butterfly swimming is
symmetrical the back and the front of
the legs and core are being worked
since you breathe forward the arms also
have symmetry
increased muscle mass for many years it
has been said that swimming is the
perfect exercise because you use every
muscle that is not a strong argument
since we use almost every muscle to walk
run or do literally almost anything the
intensity at which your muscles work is
a better indication of the effectiveness
of the exercise you can swim freestyle
backstroke or breaststroke at a very low
intensity in fact that is the goal of
many swimmers but it is almost
impossible to swim butterfly at a low
intensity but i saw the hungarian
christophe milac win the 200 butterfly
effortlessly some of you will tell me i
assure you that if the muscles had a
face they would look exhausted
entertainment experts say that the
perfect exercise is the one that
entertains you enough that you keep
doing it swimming just freestyle after
you've mastered it can get boring but
you can spend more than 20 years trying
to perfect your butterfly swim without
getting bored i say it from experience
and i still have a lot to improve mental
health one of the most important
benefits is mental health there are
three things that make butterfly
swimming one of the best exercises for
your mental well-being when you enter
the water you're already in another
world gravity is not the same the sounds
touch almost all of your senses have a
different experience butterfly swimming
can be frustrating at first but if you
take it step by step you eventually get
into the state where your body needs so
much attention that part of your worried
brain shuts down according to studies
creativity concentration and good mood
last up to 24 hours after entering that
flow state of mind another mental
benefit that you can get when swimming
butterfly is progress improving in some
aspect of your life is what neurons like
the most from the moment you start
swimming butterfly you have a lot of
room to improve it helps when you have a
clear purpose when entering the pool
when you achieve something that required
effort and you thought was impossible is
one of the most rewarding feelings the
rhythm and fluidity can make it a
meditation and movement similar to tai
chi or yoga the butterfly swim is
meditative but at a higher intensity
increased cardiovascular endurance if
you feel that you're breathing hard
after butterfly swimming it means that
you're also exercising your heart and
lungs cardiovascular endurance better
known as cardio doesn't necessarily have
to be for long periods of time several
50s of butterfly swimming can be one of
the best ways to get your heart rate up
there is no rest between strokes unlike
freestyle or breaststroke in advanced
butterfly there is no gliding that's one
of the main reasons your heart rate
rises so fast if you're used to gliding
in butterfly try moving your hands
outward instead of gliding that movement
will help you raise your head and move
forward the reason i didn't like
butterfly so much is because of the
difficulty and the risk of injury it
wasn't until recently that i discovered
that it doesn't take as much strength to
swim it as people think even in our
swimming camps in just a few hours we
teach butterfly swimming to people who
never thought it was possible can you
get hurt during butterfly yes but you
can hurt yourself doing any activity if
you don't have the proper technique and
preparation the most common butterfly
injury is in the shoulders the cause of
most injuries is poor technique for
example raising your arms too much in
the recovery or not having enough
mobility to do so at the end i will tell
you some exercises that you can do to
make your shoulders injury-proof some of
the top butterfly technique tips are the
center of gravity of your body is near
your belly button but the center of
buoyancy is closer to your lungs that is
the basis of the undulation chest down
hips up hips down chest up your head
weighs around 5 kilos if you move it up
and down it can be an excellent
counterweight for the rest of your body
in the recovery your arms go straight
they should pass a couple of centimeters
above the surface of the water but no
more your elbow should not be bent nor
your hands too high there are two kicks
per stroke the second cake must end at
the same time as the stroke
the movement of the arms in the water
forms a butterfly swimming butterfly can
be quite difficult click on this
playlist to learn it step by step if you
don't want to hurt your shoulders i
recommend you watch this video
especially the exercises at the end if
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